ALSO: Who in the hell wrote this comment above? –> “their “peermailer” is a terrible idea…whoever thinks you can send a dvd disc through the mail wrapped in a piece of papers is a moron”

Well, I say –> “DUH, Moron! What do you think that Netflix mails them in? Bubble wrap?”

I am not affiliated with Peerflix or any other DVD-swap company in any way, I’m just a guy who had a bunch of DVDs who wanted some other DVDs . . . but I have this to say: That using Peerflix is exciting because I get to swap out movies I’m tired of and get ones I like — and I get to keep them. Sometimes people even mail the inserts to me, so if I feel like inserting the insert into one of my many leftover DVD cases (if you use Peerflix, you’ll amass some) — I can sell them or keep them forever if I feel like.

Also –> to the user above that wrote that the only movies that people get are lame/boring ones that nobody wants. I say “DUH! I just got Corpse Bride this past week, Unite 93, and Running with Scizzors, to mention just a few. All three of which were academy award nominees and are on relatively high demand on Ebay and Amazon (used) right now.

So, if you want to critique Peerflix — why don’t you try it first? Peerflix has built-in incentives for people to mail their DVDs promptly and in good condition.

Down with Netflix and Blockbuster!

Viva la Peerflix!

— P.W. (San Diego, Calif.)

Mr. McNair is nonresponsive to his userbase. The forum for PeerFlix is http://www.DVDTradeTalk.com. Mr. McNair steps in about once every three months for damage control and sales spin (just as he did here). The forum is interesting reading and shows that new and long-time users are equally fed up with Mr. McNair weak management, arrogance, and incompetence. Mr. McNair’s user-base has provided him with a gold mine of suggestions and ideas to improve his service. Mr. McNair ego will not allow him to accept an idea that is not his.

His business plan is based on deception.
His customer service skills are atrocious.

The only DVD’s I want to get rid of are the ones that I think aren’t worth watching again. Why would I think that anyone would be that much different from me? The only inventory we will find on this system are the duds no one wants any more. A bunch of white elephants. I get very skeptical when the only positive comments I see, are obviously posted by PeerFlix employees.

None of these services are very compelling. For the money, I just use pay per view. Much less risk, and much more convenient thanks to digital cable.

These coupons are only valid in store and are not redeemable online With Blockbuster Online dvd rentals, you get 3 movies out at a timeEach co…

I like Peerflix because I can browse for movies online, they come in the mail and I can keep them as long as I want. Sometimes at our house we don’t get around to watching a movie for several weeks. This is no problem as there are no fees and late charges accruing. It costs 99 cents plus postage regardless.

Some people may find this laid back approach Peerflix’s weakness. Sometimes I have to wait weeks for a popular movie to become available. If you want instant gratification, Peerflix is not for you. If you’re an occasional movie watcher, patient and flexible, it’s great.

I hope the network continues to grow.

If it is $1-$2 it�s pre-played, and means the movie sucks because people purchased it, and then sold back to the store because it sucked.

And there are many DVD’s you will never find pre-played, because they are good movies to begin with. So those movies you either pay $15-$20 for at Amazon, or you rent from Peerflix (Blockbuster and Netflix do not carry any DVD’s I rent at Peerflix, that is why I use Peerflix).

You can’t get Girls Gone Wild on Blockbuster or NetFlix. I don’t want to rent what Blockbuster and Netflix want me to rent, I want my choice of any DVD out there.

Blockbuster and Netflix are good for regular movies. But most violent, Fighting, Gang related, Drug related, or Adult(Girls Gone Wild, etc.) are not carried by Blockbuster or Netflix. I don’t want to watch what Blockbuster and Netflix want me to watch, this is a free county with free speech so I can watch whatever DVD I want. And since Peerflix carries DVD’s that Blockbuster and Netflix do not carry, Peerflix is a much needed service.

Elephant does not get the idea of the service. Who uses Peerflix to keep movies for good, not one I know. Sometimes you may want to keep a movie a while so you have a chance to watch it (or watch it a second time). You can’t do this with Blockbuster or Netflix or they will never send you a new movie if you keep one that they sent you. Peerflix will send you as many as you have trade credits and Peefbux for, and you just send them back when you please. Maybe Elephant does not like the idea of the service, but many people do and you obviously have not tried the service so why comment on it?

And you have some wrong info. It does not take 4 hours rip a DVD, it takes 10 minutes to read full DVD9, and about 8 minutes to write DVD-R at 8x (total 18 minutes). If you need to compress add another 15 minutes (total 33 minutes) which is still less than an hour. I don’t copy movies, I just know how to do it incase I need to make a backup of one I own.

Oh yeah you don’t need to compress any movie either, you ever hear of DUAL LAYER DISCS. ELEPHANT SWEEPER IS A MORON! Obviously does not know what he is talking about (4 hours to copy a DVD, you moron).

The real Elephant in the room is PeerFlix, and it stinks. Joe Cool uses illegal tools to steal movies, and make compressed copies of them. This method gets around the copy protection on the DVD, is a criminal violation of the Digital Milenium Copyright Act, and the results suck. Most DVDs are over 7 gigabytes of data. To make a copy of a DVD, you have to compress it because DVD burners only support 4 gigabytes of data. So you spend $1.00 for the trade on PeerFlix. $.39 to mail it, and $.50 for the blank DVD, and about 4 hours making a copy. You could buy a used copy of the movie for $2, that is much much higher quality. ($.11 more and I get a cover, liner notes and something that still has value.)

PeerFlix advocates sending just the disk in their special envelop. I would put up with this, when I am borrowing a DVD from NetFlix. But I am taking a perfectly good DVD, with Case, Cover Notes etc, and removing the disk and mailing it to someone. The results have absolutely no market value. You have no case to store it in, no cover, no notes. You can’t find it in the drawer, and you can’t sell it on Amazon.

I have tried trading services in the past. (Ones that actually included the whole DVD package.) They suck because 2 out of every 10 trades are either very slow, or never show. If Joe Cool wants to get a lot of movies without going to Blockbuster – NetFlix is the only way to go!

http://www.switchdiscs.com

but they offer it all and its free. interesting…

People ask why use Peerflix? I know the reason most people do use it.

I for one use Peerflix because they have some movies you can’t get on either Netflix or Blockbuster.

For example Netflix and Blockbuster do not carry most violent, Fighting, Gang related, Drug related, or Adult(Girls Gone Wild, etc.) DVD’s, but you can get these on Peerflix if you wait a little while for someone to send it to you. I would rather use Peerflix for these type of movies, than buy them.

I use Blockbuster, and recently starting using Peerflix also for anything I can’t get at Blockbuster online or in store with my free coupons.

If someone on PeerFlix mails from the west coast to someone on the east coast, it will take at least 5 days to get there, assuming the other guy is diligent and jumps up to mail your DVD to you as soon as he agrees to a swap.

NetFlix only charges me $9.99 a month for one movie out at a time…(I can only watch one at a time – , and swapping the movie within 2 days is great. That means that I can get about 12 movies a month, and I know I am going to get them, and I know what order they will arrive..all for a fraction of what PeerFlix is advertising.